EAP
(including listening, speaking, reading and writing) is an important skill for
success in your studies at international school, university and also in your
future career.

If
you want to improve your EAP skills, we offer a weekend and vocational
programme designed to meet your needs and fit in with your other commitments.

Our support

Our
75 hour and 92 hour courses help you learn the features of good academic English
and develop your writing skills with lots of opportunities to practise and
receive feedback from your teacher and peers. We have six levels of study and you
can sign up for individual sessions according to your placement test results
and our recommendations.

Our
EAP support can help you with skills like:

Understanding
academic contexts

o grasping
details from monologue and dialogue

o quick
note-taking with symbols

o understanding
a variety of topics in tutorial or seminar

o being
accustomed to different accents

o identifying
gist and details of lecture

Presentation
skills

o planning
and structuring your presentation

o using
your voice and body language to communicate clearly

o using
visual aids effectively

o dealing
with nerves and anxiety

o preparing
for group presentations.

Critical
Reading skills

o demystifying
academic articles

o selecting
key information

o taking
good notes

o identifying
bias & underlying assumptions

o developing
critical questions.

Academic
Writing

o understanding
the writing task

o structuring
your essay or report

o making
your writing flow

o using
sources in your writing

o referencing
and citation

o avoiding
plagiarism

o writing
in an appropriate academic style.

Enrol

Before
signing up for a course please make sure that you have taken our placement test
(register here).

Level

Time

Teaching Hours

A

08:30-11:30 a.m. Sun

150 h

Listening &
Speaking: 54 h

Reading &Writing: 54 h

Language use: 42 h

B

13:30-17:30 p.m. Sat
& 08:00-12:00 a.m. Sun

184 h

Listening &
Speaking: 72 h

Reading &Writing: 72 h

Language use: 40 h

C

13:30-17:30 p.m. Sat

184 h

Language and Culture

If
you want to develop an additional language for interests or to help with your
studies, your future job prospects and to feel more confident socialising in this
language, we offer a range of in-sessional courses designed to meet your needs
and fit in with your other commitments. These courses are open to all HFI students
for free.

German

This
course will help you to learn common German language for communication and
regional culture in different contexts. Being involved in German customs and
traditions, you will learn a wide range of vocabulary in various situations and
develop your German conversation skills to help you feel more confident when
communicating in this language.

develop
your English pronunciation. You will learn and practise some of the features of
English pronunciation to improve your spoken English. This course will also
help develop your listening skills to improve your understanding of natural
English.